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A railway station in Japan has been testing out the latest in the touchscreen craze, with a slight twist.

Only customers in Shinagawa's Train Station are being treated to the 47-inch touchscreen drink vendors, which display a virtual row of drink options and price information. Customers can also zoom into a product to get more information.

The vending company JR East Water Business Co. can monitor each vending machine, too, since they're controlled by a centralized server. This also means that customers don't have to pay with just coins or notes.

However, according to Japan Probe, the vending machines also give the customer a recommendation based on how they look.

If the video is anything to go by, after the customer makes their choice the machine will recommend a drink they should of bought. When it detects a man, it recommends a sports drink, and if it's a woman it recommends tea. Both sexes are recommended water. Though at the moment it's only 75% accurate at guessing sex, so don't be too insulted if it guesses wrong.

Manufacturers aim to have 500 more of the touchscreens around the country in the next 2 years, but how long until they go international? Hopefully not too long, as these appear to make getting snacks on the go a lot quicker.